Uvula swollen swelling

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Hey there,
My uvula has been swollen for some months and I have been to a doctor a few times with little success. The first thought my doctor had was bacterial infection so antibiotics were prescribed. Those did not work so steroids were the next choice. Again, no change. I was advised to take Claritin-D for a few weeks to see if that would reduce swelling in my sinuses and help my uvula calm down. That has not helped either.

I went to the bathroom to spit the 'mucus' out, only to painfully discover that the 'mucus' was actually my swollen, bleeding uvula. Only the uvula is swollen, and it doesn't hurt, but gets in the way of breathing and swalling, so I'm afraid to go back to sleep.
My question is- why is my uvula swollen and how long until it returns to normal?

Any inflammation in the mouth can cause swelling of the uvula. But as the inflammation subsides, the swelling will resolve. So, you can wait and see if it resolves on its own. Also, anti-inflammatory medications may help. If it persists and is troublesome, as your doctor mentioned, the therapy is surgical correction.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

I have read so many forums on home remedies most say wait it out, until I had the uvula swell I was fine with that. Most of the forums that talk about the uvulaswelling contribute it to drinking alcholol, but I dont drink. They also say see a DR. if it lasts more than 2 days, but reply that the DR. just gave them prednisone which I can get.
Please someone help, Going crazy worring about it all..

I had an endoscopy done on Friday and my uvula was really swollen Friday night and Saturday morning. It was purple. It is now Sunday and it is still really swollen, but not nearly as bad as it was. It is no longer purple, but has turned white. I have gargled with salt water today. Any other suggestions for bringing the swelling down and why it is white?

To give a quick background I am 21 years old, quit smoking cigarettes a few days ago after about 2 1/2 years of a pack a day, quit smoking marijuana 3 weeks ago after about 2 years of smoking every day, and my girlfriend who I have been sexually active with for years was treated for genital warts over the summer due to HPV 16.
My tonsils and uvula have been swollen since August and in early October I ended up in the emergency room because my neck began to swell up.

I had my tonsils removed over 2 weeks ago and well my uvula is still swollen and I am not able to eat much.
I wish I can fast forward 2 months in the future to get the swelling down.
I so understand your position though. What I have heard from others is that it can take months for the uvula to get back into proper psition.
Hang in there. All the best.
If you are still uncertain then maybe see the ENT who did the surgery to explain things.

I'm in my senior year and every single day counts and I'm stuck at home with a swollenuvula. Do I have strep?My uvula is 5 times larger than what is usually is. I've been drinking fluids the entire weekend. I have drank two 3 gallon jugs of water and it never helped. I want to sleep, my body is exhausted but I can't sleep for more than an hour without waking up. So I sleep approx. 3 hours everynight. What can I do to take down the swelling? I don't know what else to do.

Hi, I woke up at 1am Saturday morning with a suddenly very swollenuvula, which makes swallowing difficult. My throat has been extremely painful since then for 4 days, the pain gets quite sharp and radiates to my nose, right ear, and now to the sinuses around my eyes and forehead.

On monday, yesterday and he tells me its viral to deal with it dismissed the whole swollenuvula thing. I'm going to an ENT tomorrow because I can't take it anymore. Now I feel my tonsils and tongue are swollen as well and although I have no white on my tonsils or uvula my tongue has white spots on and right underneath it. I do suffer from seasonal allergies although they usually just give me hives, and I currently have a post nasal drip. Has anyone ever had anything similar?

I woke up one morning with at swollenuvula, I went to the emergency room because it felt like I couldn't swallow, They gave me prednisone and penicillin. The swelling went down some, even though I had a reaction to the prednisone, anyway, I stopped the penicillin because I felt strange i followed up with my dr because I felt out of wack like something was still wrong, My dr said it was a sinus infection. She wanted to put me on another antibiotic azithromycin.

They are normally white, except for the one at the back of my tongue which seems to hold no color at all. Yet all of them hurt while swallowing.
I also have swelling around my front teeth in the back, kinda of half circle shaped towards the tooth along with swollen glands and 2 or 3 white spots on the back of my uvula.
Any ideas to what this could be and if it's serious, needs to have quick medical attention or should I rush to the hospital considering its the labor day weekend.

The doctor that diagnosed me was very concerned about the size of my tonsils, he told me that my uvula was deviated and he was worried about them but since he was from a low cost clinic he knew I couldnt afford to go the ER. So, treated me with strep and the swelling went way down. Every since then, I go through days where I still have trouble with the swelling coming back. The problem is that when I search for symptoms everywhere says that sore throat goes along with that symptom.

I have lost over 17 pounds ( ok not such a bad thing, but not for a good reason), my back of my throat is swollen as well as my voice box, which are swollen quite badly. I cough to the extreme as to try and clear my throat.. to the point where I vomit, and my head feels like it is going to explode. I have had a Upper GI done and it came back no problems.. I think they need to do more tests and I am going to make sure they do................Oh and with this..

Waiting for allergy tests but experience daily throat swelling sensation and shortness of breath, sore throat, swollenuvula. Trip to emergency room suggested it is psychosomatic as breathing and throat were fine - want to believe this but I am in dispair due to constant feelings of choking due to sensation of swelling. Lymph nodes are swollen and painful, pain radiating into ears and feelings of sore throat exist. I am on Prednisone and Singulair. Singulair makes me feel worse.

please i need help, im 17 male, my lymph nodes were always swollen due to my acne however, recently my uvula is inflamed , my tonsils have white marks on them and i can barely eat food because it is extremely painful ( i have a high pain tolerance) , but the catch is im not sick, i dont have a fever.

Doctor again suggested antibiotic (Not antiallergic this time).The swelling go away today.Now I 'm observing the problem of swollen right portion of his tongue.
I couldn't figured out/diagnose the problem,
I'm in a stress that what's going on my child.Kindly help me to suggest any thing as one of you may also have such type of problem (I pray you mayn't).
It is added that my son is hypersensitive since his birth but his Eiosinophil Count doesn't go beyond 8% previously.

After 5 days of treatment my tonsils and uvula are severely swollen with a some white specs on the tonsils. The pain has intensified on my right side. I can see the right side has a reddish swelling that starts from the puffy gum and proceeds up along the wall of my mouth near the back and appears to be pushing on my right tonsil. I also noticed it stems up towards the roof of my mouth a little. It hurts when touched and feels softer than the other side of my mouth.

I am also having problems with my throat and have lumps on my uvula as well as pain further back and feeling of having a swollen tongue. I was wondering if anyone ever got a definate diagnosis? I too suffer from anxiety which I am doing something about and am four weeks into CBT to tackle my health anxiety problem. Ive got myself convinced that Ive got the start of throat cancer and the ongoing lumpy feeling when I swallow doesnt help to alleviate my fears.

My symptoms are feeling of chocking throat, red color line on the hanging bit inside the mouth (uvula), chest pain not severe but persisting for last 4 weeks (gradually increased). Usually goes away in the morning after I wake up, get worse during the day but if i relax it slows down although still there. Throat swelling remains. MRI report showed "little tongue swollen" doctor's comment.

Hello and hope you are doing well.
The uvula can get swollen from throat infections or sometimes due to local trauma, like chemicals or hot food. As for throat infections, the commonest pathogen (agent) causing throat infections is a group A Streptococcus bacteria. Besides this Group B Streptococcus, mycoplasma, neisseria and cornybacterium are known to cause throat infections. Other known pathogens causing infections of the throat are viral and yeast (candida).

I had unprotected sex with a girl of unknown sexual history three months ago, and now I have a very swollen neck lymph node ONLY on the right side. It has been swollen like that for those three months with no cold or flu symptoms. The salivary duct in my right cheek by the upper molars is inflamed. My uvula has undergone changes as well, feeling largely hollow but with a small spherical bump in the very end of it.

For the third time this year, my nose is swollen almost completely shut with no mucous at all, my ear is plugged and ringing, and it feels as though my uvula is being pushed downward towards my windpipe. I've been waiting three months to get into the specialist and still haven't received a call. Any ideas? I was on the prescription Reactine and Flonaise, but for some reason the ear and nasal swelling occurred anyway.

I really do think that the stress and alcohol combined was the cause of these swollen glands. But this does not mean that your lymph nodes are swelling for the same reason. The most common reason for lymph nodes to swell is fighting off infection, so it could be that you drank too much and the alcohol compromised your immune system, causing your lymph nodes to swell in order to fight something off...to play it safe, see your doc.
P.S. I am not a medical professional!

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